Entrée principale:

Van Beek, Gus W. (Gus Willard), 1922-

Titre et auteur:

Glorious mud! : ancient and contemporary earthen design and construction in North Africa, Western Europe, the Near East, and Southwest Asia / Gus W. Van Beek ; with Ora Van Beek.

Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press ; Lanham, Md. : Published in cooperation with Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2008.

Description:

xx, 542 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 27 cm

Notes:
"A Smithsonian contribution to knowledge."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 519-525) and index.
Overview of mud construction. Advantages of mud construction ; Factors in building design ; A sampling of Near Eastern and southwest Asian building designs -- Preparing to build. Layout and foundation ; Soils and mud -- Methods of earthen wall construction. Wattle-and-daub ; Layered mud ; Rammed earth ; Mud brick -- Roof construction. Flat and raised-framed roofs ; Curved roofs : domes, arches, and vaults -- Finishing details and solutions. Walls, columns, and stairways ; Floors, windows, doors, ceilings, and utilities ; Problems and solutions.

Résumé:

This book addresses many audiences. It will inform everyone interested in architecture--professional architects and laypersons alike--especially those intrigued with the possibilities of using materials and concepts for dwellings that will conserve the environment and its resources while meeting the burgeoning demand for efficient, low-cost shelter. It will also be a value to historians and anthropologists, who attempt to understand the development of architectural and vernacular structures and their political, economic, and cultural roles in societies through time.

Ressources:
Table of contents
Table of contents

ISBN:

9780978846008 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0978846001 (hardcover ; alk. paper)

Sujet:

Earth construction.
Earth construction History.
Vernacular architecture History.
Archaeology Methodology.
Architecture vernaculaire Histoire.
Archéologie Méthodologie.
Vernacular architecture.
Archeology Methodology.

Classification/genre:

History.

Vedettes secondaires:

Van Beek, Ora.
Smithsonian Institution.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 263239
Cote: BIB 194406
Statut: Disponible